A
weight on the shoulders
Log
Cabin Democrat Features: Young students feeling strain from loaded down bookbags
11/9/98
NandoNext:
A load off our shoulders
Heavy
backpacks lead to backaches for kids
OnHealth:
Reuters: Heavy, dangling backpacks may cause pain
Seattle
Times: School officials weigh restrictions on heavy backpacks
seattletimes.com:
Backpacks may look cool, but they can burden kids with pain
Weigh
the Risks of Backpacks
PEC:
Wellness Archives
STUDENTS
SHOULDER HEAVY BURDEN
Toting
trouble? Some area schools put curbs on backpacks for safety reasons - 9/3/97
09.12.99
Heavy schoolbags may contribute to backpain in childhood
HEAVY
BACKPACKS SAID TO BE HURTING KIDS' BACKS / BELLEVUE CHIROPRACTORS HOPE TO CONVINCE
CHILDREN TO LIGHTEN THEIR LOADS
Backpac
Book
Bags
Bookbags
can be bad for the back
Bookbag
warning: Hefty burdens may be good for the mind, bad for the back
SIGHTINGS
OnHealth:
Reuters: Heavy, dangling backpacks may cause pain
Toting
trouble? Some area schools put curbs on backpacks for safety reasons - 9/3/97
BUBL
LINK: 610 Medicine: discussion lists
Children's
Express Story
University
of South Australia - Centre for Allied Health Research - School Backpack Studies
- 1998 Undergraduate project
ebookbags.com
Eastpak
Clear
Backpacks for School Students
bags,
backpacks, soccer bags, snowboard bags
Backpacks
Vf
Corp. Announcements From Rubaiyat
ergonomics.org
Useful
links to further ergonomics information
HUMAN
FACTORS and ERGONOMICS
Dr.
Cockborn -- Children, Bookbags & Back Pain